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As long as you hate, there will be people to hate. George Harrison
You Hate People Will Long
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. George Orwell
War Self-Defense Before Every Maniac Against Act
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise. George Orwell
Life Balance Suffering People Young Otherwise Out Only Foolish Fair Fair Amount Most Very Get Fun Lives Amount Imagine
At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. George Orwell
Face Everyone He Fifty Deserves
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold S. Geneen
Business Experience World Will First Coins Everyone Later Cash Take Come Paid Business World Two
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. Harold S. Geneen
Leadership Only Learned Taught Cannot Really
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. Havelock Ellis
Time Become Revolution Civilization Volcano Over Crust From Time To Time Thin
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon. Horatio Nelson
Veterans Day Mistake Enemy Too Must Soon Him Gentlemen Committed Interrupt
Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think. Hugh Laurie
Morning Motorcycle Me You People Ride Free Think Too Flying Alive Through Driving Beverly Over Beverly Hills Like House Hills Off Heavenly Just Being Senses Turned Your Wash Gravity Early Early Morning
Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams. James Arthur
Dreams People Comeback Everyone Kind Hopefully Give Inspires Feel Underdog Like Well Been Up Story Loves Themselves Lives
There is nothing wrong with my heart except for wanting a peaceful world. Jeremy Corbyn
Heart World Nothing Except Wrong Wanting Peaceful Peaceful World
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. Lord Byron
Man Dark Ocean Control Vain Ruin Earth Marks Thousand Ten Over His Roll Blue Shore Stops Thee Sweep Deep
People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. Malcolm Muggeridge
People Believe Lies Because Want
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world. Marcus du Sautoy
Mathematics You World Real Where The Real World Real World Place Which Things
Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers. Mary Wollstonecraft
Good Women Will Men Free Become Fathers Neglect Citizens Husbands Rational Make Wives Quickly Duties Creatures
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Mary Wollstonecraft
Woman Mind Beauty Prison Gilt Seeks Only Adorn Shapes Cage Roaming Infancy Itself Taught Body Round
An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company. Richard Branson
You People Those Out Details Exceptional Soon Know Line Improve Improved Gets Front Going Listen Front Line Which Little Them Average Turns Company Right Things Need
When I was a kid, I had a tendency to criticize. But when I did, my mum would whisk me off to the bathroom to stand in front of a mirror. Ten minutes, never less. To think about how criticism is a poor reflection on the one who criticizes. Richard Branson
Me Reflection Criticism Mirror Think Bathroom Kid Would Criticize Criticizes Minutes About Ten Ten Minutes Tendency Never Had How Off Did Front Poor Stand Less Who Mum
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Richard Rogers
Environmental Quality Everybody Way Only Environment Involved Improve Get Going Forward
Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around with tweezers plucking my girlfriends' eyebrows. I was really good; eyebrow tweezing runs in my family - my mother used to do mine, and I picked it up. Rita Ora
Funny Good Family School Mother Face Important Mine Eyebrow Eyebrows Runs Girlfriends Structure Picked Because Around Always Up Walking Really Used
I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without cracking a smile. Robert Plant
Smile Men Seen Think Worn Must Wear Some Had Most Without Been Led Led Zeppelin Cracking Clothing Ever Zeppelin Peculiar
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister
Man Win Will Drive Once Further Himself Effort Gets Painful Who
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Samuel Butler
Work Music Man Architecture Every Else Pictures Himself Always Anything Anything Else Whether Literature Portrait
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. Samuel Butler
Nature Law First First Law Self-Preservation
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs. Simon Hoggart
Religion Atheist Suicide Else Sunni Someone Crowded Attack Know Catholic Protestant Impose Lack Anyone Against Agnostic Wars Lethal Bombers Pubs Started
Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. Stella McCartney
Simple Every Everyone Bit Simple Things Count Make Make A Difference Does Difference Little Little Bit Really Things
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